CUET English - Choose the most appropriate idiom to complete the sentence: The demand of inquiry into his conduct is just a ____ as there is no truth in it. | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2026 18th May Shift 2

Vocabulary

Medium

red-herring

red-tapism

pell-mell

mare's nest

✅ Correct Option: 4

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20th May Shift 1

Choose the correct option as the meaning of the given proverb:-

Handsome is as handsome does.

23 May Shift 2

Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Idioms)	(Meanings)
(A) Chalk and cheese	(I) faced with a choice between two risky courses of action
(B) A chip off the old block	(II) to get or make something quickly
(C) Between the devil and the deep blue sea	(III) very different
(D) Rustle something up	(IV) someone who is very like one of his parents in personality

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

23 May Shift 2

Choose the correct option to complete the simile: As obstinate as a _________.

CUET English 2026 18th May Shift 2 PYQs